The Colorado Sound S9|EP32 2015

(Monday Aug 24) The gym is closed for a week for maintenance.  They forgot that I need maintaining too LOL.  Sheesh.  Okay, so the weekend was uneventful.  About the best thing that happened was me being invited to perform on Sept 11 and 12 as part of the RimRock Music & Camping Festival in Conifer, along with several other solo acts in the hospitality tent.  Main stage acts include Kyle Hollingsworth, Dragondeer, the Drunken Hearts, In the Whale and others.  So Miss Pattie and I will be there instead of going on a road trip the following weekend to Telluride and Durango, that something always seems to prevent from happening.

There will not be an Offstage Beyond the Music for September.  The festival season got the best of all of us and I was not able to schedule a time to go sit with a friend and chat.  Look for the return of OSBTM in October.  In the meantime, here’s the final segment of my conversation with award winning blues musician and educator Dan Treanor.

GOATZ!  SHOWS

GOATZ LOGOTHURS SEPT 10 w/ Jimbo Darville & the Truckadours + Daniella Katzir @ the Walnut Room in Denver

FRI & SAT SEPT 11 & 12 – RimRock Music & Camping Festival in Conifer (solo tent / 30 min sets) featuring Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Dragondeer, The Drunken Hearts, In the Whale and more.

SUN SEPT 13 w/ Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene @ Avogardro’s Number in Fort Collins — this is (tentatively) the final show of the season with one of my best pals and one of the absolutely BEST pedal steel players in the state, Chris Kennison.  To say that I’ll miss him after today is a gross understatement, as he returns to AZ for the winter to play in the Arizona Opry.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

It’s not very often an opening happens in my limited sponsorships.  I’m sorry to say that Colorado Case Company will be leaving the show at the end of August.  Chuck Grewe has been a friend since he played with me in a band in the early 90s.  Along the way his brother Bill and I got to be pretty good friends also.  Thanks to the both of them for their support the past 18 months.  I wish them considerable good fortune as they move forward with their business.  Email me at chriskmusic@gmail.com for more information about getting your event and/or business name heard statewide on The Colorado Sound.

KUNC & THE COLORADO SOUND PRESENT

Nathaniel Rateliff​ & the Night Sweats with Paper Bird and Edison
Saturday, September 26, 2015   8:00 pm
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mishawakaThis concludes the outdoor summer season at “The Mish” … I hope to see you there for this fantastic show.  Nathaniel & company blew the sod off the lawn at the conclusion of Bohemian Nights at New West Fest on Aug 16.  And that field held a few thousand people!  What WILL they do to the 1000 that can cram in the Mish’s yard?  You really don’t want to miss this.

PLAYLIST S9|EP32 2015

HOUR 1

Railbenders “Crazy Train” from Southbound (2001)
Sherri Jackson “Don’t Forget Me” from Catalyst (2000)
(D) Covenhoven “The Medicine” from The Wild and Free (2015)
The Lumineers “Submarines” from The Lumineers (2012)
Instant Empire “Balloons” from Lamplight Lost (2015)
Finnders & Youngberg “She Wants to Eat the Moon” from Eat The Moon (2015)
AdrienneO “Take It in” from Lines EP (2014)
Bad Weather California “I’ll Reach Out My Hand” from Sunkissed (2012)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “S.O.B.” from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (2015)
(D) Eldren “Deathville” from Welcome to Deathville (2015)
Devotchka “We’re Leaving” from How It Ends (2004)
GogoLab “Moon Valley” from Border Patrol (2013)

HOUR 2

John Denver “Sunshine on my Shoulders” from Poems, Prayers And Promises (1971)
The Rainy Daze “Good Morning Mr. Smith” from That Acapulco Gold (1967)
(D) Augustus “Bloodbath” from Into Frames (2015)
Great American Taxi “Radiation blues” from Paradise Lost (2011)
Leftover Salmon “High Country” from High Country (2015)
Arthur Lee Land “Cracked Open” from Cracked Open (2013)
(D) Randall Dubis & Dan Treanor “City Jail Blues” from …ain’t it hard (2015)
(N) Megan Burtt “The Bargain” from The Bargain (2015)
Kyle Hollingsworth “Beautiful People” from Speed of Life (2014)
Brad Goode “All Fall Down” from Chicago Red (2013)

KUNC & THE COLORADO SOUND PRESENT

THIS JUST IN:

KUNC & THE COLORADO SOUND PRESENT
Nathaniel Rateliff​ & the Night Sweats with Paper Bird
Mishawaka Amphitheatre​
Saturday, September 26, 2015
8:00 pm

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This concludes the outdoor summer season at “The Mish” … I hope to see you there for this fantastic show.  Nathaniel & company blew the sod off the lawn at the conclusion of Bohemian Nights at New West Fest on Aug 16.  And that field held a few thousand people!  What WILL they do to the 1000 that can cram in the Mish’s yard?  You really don’t want to miss this.

 

The Colorado Sound – MONDAY AUG 17 2015

Monday morning … usually my weekly playlist update etc.  Today is the day AFTER the biggest weekend of the summer for me, and what really is the culmination of my “year.”  There are no more festival events for me this year, as there has been in years past.

There was bittersweet news that came out of this year’s event. The Aggie was sold, and long time Aggie sound engineer Dean Curtis wound up in the hospital dealing with unannounced medical issues.

In a FB post Friday night, Adam Stroul  posted: “It’s a historic day for Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, my partners and I can finally announce to the public that we have purchased the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins. A ton of respect goes out to my good friend Scoo Leary who kept the Fort Collins music scene alive for years and years, from the Starlight to the Aggie, and has now passed the torch on to us. Fort Collins, we’re going to bring more of that Cervantes flavor to this great city than ever before.”  

Reviews on the street from musicians I spoke with were mixed, as with any major change.  I’ve known Scoo for as long as I can recall now … his history in the FoCo music scene goes back at least to the late 80s.  He’s always been an ardent supporter of our scene, and whatever he moves onto, I wish him well.  Sources close to the deal say that there’s new sound equipment moving in, and an interior upgrade.  That’ll be very good as the house p.a. currently in play is pretty well worn out and out of date.

What’s not known today is the direction that Adam and Scott and the team will move Fort Collins, and if they’ll continue the high level of support for Fort Collins bands that we’ve enjoyed the past 13 years.

Also on Friday night the 14th, I received word that Dubskin would not be able to perform this year because their bass player, Dean Curtis, had been hospitalized.  Dubskin posted “We regretfully announce that due to an unforeseen medical emergency we will be canceling our next 2 shows at New West Fest on Sunday Aug 16th & at Hideaway Park in Winter Park on Thursday Aug 20th. Send prayers up for a speedy recovery to bassist Dean Curtis while he deals with a private medical condition and DubSkin will see you soon. Respectfully- DubSkin”   Dean is very well known around Fort Collins.  I most recently saw him when he did monitors for our show at the Mishawaka last week.  Nothin’ but love from goat and the family.

News broke on Monday that Megan Burtt signed with Sweetwine who also reps Euforquestra and Trout Steak Revival among other Colorado and non-Colorado acts …

VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK

Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene turned in a blistering set — literally — on the Mountain Ave stage at Bohemian Nights this weekend.  It had to have hit 105 on the stage under a typically intense blast of late afternoon sun since the stage faces west.  Looking forward to doing a show with them in Fort Collins at Avogadro’s Number September 13.

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The Colorado Sound Live365 –
ADDED AUG 15 2015

(M) – mornings
(P) – afternoons
(N) – nights

Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band – Missing – Born To Love the Blues (M,P)
Finders and Youngberg – She Wants to Eat the Moon – Eat the Moon (M)
Ian Cooke – Epilogue – Antiquasauria (M,P)
Instant Empire – Balloons – Lamplight Lost (N)
Instant Empire – Zoo Lions – Lamplight Lost (N)
Kid Astronaut – Elevate – single (P, N)
Megan Burtt – Fast As I Go – The Bargain (M,P)
Megan Burtt – In A Minute – The Bargain (M,P)
Megan Burtt – The Bargain – The Bargain (M,P)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – I Need Never Get Old – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (M,P)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (M,P,N)
Red Fox Run – I Am A Fox (radio edit) – Red Fox Run (N)
Red Fox Run – Roller Coaster – Red Fox Run (N)
Shaley Scott – Style – Rescue Me (M,P)
Symbols – Alone – Smile (M,P)
The Burroughs – Anna – Sweaty Greeley Soul (M,P)
The Burroughs – My Shining Star – Sweaty Greeley Soul (M,P)
Young Ancients – Going Back to Tulsa (Tulsa) – Fishstory (M,P)
Young Ancients – Nobody Loves You (the Way I Do) – Fishstory (M,P)